I am not saying that I should be allowed to download music because I am a "poor student" I was just stating facts there... And I do not really care if you guys think downloading music is not "right". And I am able to afford an empeg, because I sold the CD changer that came with the car... finally, the collection of 200 songs was compiled within a One year period (ever since got new computer) I am sure it will increase but I doubt it will increase to 36 GB of music...

I was also wondering about the quality of ripped music, the songs I usually download are at 128 quality or higher... what is the quality of Songs ripped directly from CDs? btw please no flames.. Thanks!